Five things to be worried about as Rangers shift attention to wild-card race

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4. 2012 / What’s that old saying about history repeating itself? It’s hard not to compare this season’s September slump to last year’s monumental collapse, where the Rangers lost nine of their final 13 games to slip from four games up on the Athletics in the AL West to one game back. Two days after the final game of the regular season (a 12-5 loss to the A’s), Texas was eliminated in a 1-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in the one-game wild-card round. It was a fitting loss in a way, as Yu Darvish was given a taste of what he should expect regarding run support down the stretch.

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